The St. Johns herald., 1887-01-13

welfare of the people has been our ann, is our ann, and was our aim and intention III the article refer red to. Slurs and abuse are not our motto in simply discussing what Is fair and best for the majority of the people involved iD this issue. and giving voice to their feelings upon this subject, we do not hesi- tate in again saving that it is ab- surd, and absolutely so. in endeav- I bring to make a given territory sup port two county governments, when ] 1t has hot sufficient taxable proper ty to maintain one. Do the people think 1t Is fair" that their taxes should be still further increased by thrice the present amount, for no other purpose than the creation of 1 a new county!
 The writer freely admits that there Is some dissatisfaction, so also does he admit that there is dissat- l islaction in all municipal bodies or organizations, be they county, ter ritorial, state or national-some arc easily pleased, some pleased by what they deem an honest admin l istration, and some who cannot be 1 pleased. However, to correct an existing evil we must direct our combined forces against the cause Now, what is the cause of the dis satisfaction in Yavapai and Apache counties, to which Mir. Carr refers, which causes the dissatisfied to look for cure only in the creation of new county? And how is a cure to be effected thereby? It can not be that both counties are dis satisfied with their respective ad- ministration for they have just been elected to office by the voice of the ! people. They must be capable, ef- licient and qualified or they would scarcely have been elected. Can 1t be for the purpose of reducing the tax upon real and personal prop erty? We cannot conceive this as the cause, because all know 1t costs more to maintain and run three counties than 1t would two. Now. wherein do you intend to study the interest and welfare of the people?
 The interest anu welfare of the people lies in protecting their prop erty. and imposing upon them small taxation study this, and you will study their interests, and 'bc fair to them" It is all they ask, and is the formation of new county going to assist them? No-it iS trying 10 make baby walk before it can crawl, by organizing a third county government from two that are already heavily indebted and taxed. We know, and appreciate that 1t is an awful admission" to state that the assessablo property upon which taxes are paid'in this county Is insufficient at the present rate of taxation to pay the running expenses of the county and inter- est on the accrued indebtedness, whether 1t be logic or not. We do not pretend to be logicians; We are after facts, and to the best of our ability study the interest of the people. It requires no logic to ex- press the condition of our county assessment roll.
 If our national government or it's courts would come to our assis- tance, and cause the railroads to pay taxes on their property as spe- officially and cxacting as it does upon all who own or possess u few COWS or other property, our county would owe but few thousand dol lars, and her people taxed less than any other in the territory. X rem | edy for this would benefit the peo- pie, who have to pay heavy and ex- cessive freights and fares over these roads, and in addition protect their property, and in return have the railroad tell them they do not re- cognize the assessment made upon their property by the county asses sor, and that they are exempt from all taxation. Here is the cause of